Do you belive in god/ a god

Same_as_before said:
cyclic theory of contraction expansion, you lost me.
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It's the theory that the universe expands then collapses, then expand then collapse. The original theory suggested that the contraction was to a singularity, an infinitisamally tiny dot of energy that contained all the energy in the universe. Then an expansion, or big bang. And round we go again. The oldest light in the universe suggests this can't be the case.
 
Subbuteo_171 said:
The op was about believing in God and also religion.

There is equal chance of existence of God as there is of Batman, Fred Flintstone or ScoobyDoo.

This debate comes around frequently on here, there are people who believe and people who don’t. Each to their own, for the avoidance of doubt I don’t, and unless Yoda knocks on my door at some point in the future nothing will convince me otherwise - but if you, or anyone else, believes then crack on.

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Not sure I read the op that way but fair enough.

Your supposition that a god it's as likely as scooby do is nonsense they're is no evidence for a gods existence but equally nothing to refute the existence of a creator.

Even the world's educated atheists are not 100% sure.

The dismissal of a god is based on nothing and ridiculing someone who does believe is, quite frankly, ridiculous.

I don't believe in a personal god, myself but how could I know?
 
I'm atheist. Some of the people dearest to me are active, practicing Christians. Makes no difference, we are what we do, not what deity (or none) we follow. As an atheist secure in my (non) beliefs, I'm more than happy to work with church community outreach groups, which I sometimes do, to help make a positive difference to the lives of ordinary folk.
 
Yes. I think it's an even its a bigger leap of faith to believe conciousness, existence, the entire universe and everything inbetween, is an accident.
 
Derby going down
Ronaldo being pap
Man Utd getting spanked
Spurs being thumped
Chelsea hit with sanctions
Everton with points deductions on the horizon

But why did we get battered by Barnsley?
JEASUS WHAT HAPPENED AT SHEFFIELD?
 
Laughing said:
It's the theory that the universe expands then collapses, then expand then collapse. The original theory suggested that the contraction was to a singularity, an infinitisamally tiny dot of energy that contained all the energy in the universe. Then an expansion, or big bang. And round we go again. The oldest light in the universe suggests this can't be the case.
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I love this stuff, just too thick to understand 99% of it. 1⅖ tried to explain the table tennis on a train to my wife who is a teacher, I failed miserably.

I love the theoretical stuff.
 
Subbuteo_171 said:
There’s nothing to refute the thought that dinosaurs live at the centre of the earth either.

The burden of proof is on the believer, not the non believer. I believe there is no god, I can’t prove it. And round and round we go, circular discussion that will never end, until humans cease to exist and the cats rise up - even then they’ll probably end up believing in Clister (no, it was Cloister - holy war time!).

As I said, everyone is free to believe what they want and crack on.
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The burden of proof is on the one doing the ridiculing.

There is evidence of a creative force. The universe in which we live. Unless you believe it has always existed in which case the burden of proof for a perpetual universe is with the believer of that, which would be the atheist.
 
Laughing said:
The burden of proof is on the one doing the ridiculing.

There is evidence of a creative force. The universe in which we live. Unless you believe it has always existed in which case the burden of proof for a perpetual universe is with the believer of that, which would be the atheist.
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So what created the creative force?
 
Laughing said:
The burden of proof is on the one doing the ridiculing.

There is evidence of a creative force. The universe in which we live. Unless you believe it has always existed in which case the burden of proof for a perpetual universe is with the believer of that, which would be the atheist.
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The burden of proof is on the one making the claim and people who believe in God also claim that he has always existed.
 
I dont subscribe to a religion. I'm sure most were started by people who genuinely felt a connection to something deeper, but are now merely a means of social control. However I am and have been my whole life fascinated by modern scientific theories and the thought of what it all means. My own opinion, after nearly 50 years of pondering, is that the whole universe is one living entity and while we live we are just a part of the universe that has temporarily separated from the rest but reunites on 'death'. We are all one, as the Buddhists say, we just don't know it while we are here.
 
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